Good post NYG. It's very possible this defense just aged over night. Everyone might be walking soon. How could Tuck and Osi completely dissapear in an offseason though? I don't get it.

It wouldn't be the first time a team or a side of the ball took a nose dive. Seattle Seahawks had the best OL at one point and a good back in Alexander. It all seemed like once Steve Hutchinson left for the Vikings, that things changed. That OL got older and fell of a cliff, and Alexander couldn't do anything.

I feel like this fork in the road or early symptoms could be red light in that this defense is now older in some spots. Perhaps injuries have accelerated things. Webster looks older, and Osi and Tuck haven't been the same.

We will have to make cuts and decide not to re-sign players that are fan favorites. I can see this happening on the defense and offense. But defensive may have to do with age vs production.

KP
Rolle
Webster
Tuck
Os
Boley perhaps
Maybe even Canty

I'd hate to be Reese and have to decide who stays and who goes. With the offense we could see changes too. One major one is Bradshaw, who i like. He may be a guy that be cut because of salary vs the production he has put up.

Look at it this way. With all this we managed 2 SBs in our window. Now it's time to add younger guys, PLAY them, and develop them. We can be emotional and invest money in the older guys that were here, but I think that's not the way to do it for the future.

He is another guy that will be watched closely. He will be turning 30 this Nov. and is getting paid a lot. If he isn't playing well, then he could be very well gone. I doubt we will pay him for avg production. So these are all the decisions that await Reese.

The Nicks thing sounds a lot more serious know than they're letting on. Without him we're probably done if the D is going to continue to play like crap.

You know about Nicks, I forget he is only 24 years old. The way he gets hurt constantly, one would guess he is 28-30 years old. Close to getting older, and perhaps slower. Injuries wearing on him. And then I check his stats out and see the kid is 24 years old!!!!! 24!!!!!! And yet has he ever played a full season? It seems like year after year something is wrong with him.

I love his talent, but if you had a break the bank for him, would you? I always would say yes, but now, not so much. I want him re-signed, but I'd put a price on him, and if he wants more then let him leave. The fact he gets hurt what seems year after year bothers me.

I'm super worried about our D-Line. Where is the pass rush? Where are these guys. It's incredible how bad they've been. That Eagles OL is straight up trash and we did a terrible job yesterday regardless of what the number say. Tuck said they got less aggressive because of the KP injury. Ridiculous excuse.

2. Tuck just isn't a great pass rusher. He's much better rushing inside as a DT, but as an overall pass rusher he's always been overrated. His best season he had 12 sacks (I think), and he's never had big sack totals. He's versatile, but with age and injuries, I would give serious consideration on not re-signing him bc his price tag will exceed his production moving forward.

3. Kiwi is an avg pass rusher. A 8 sack a season guy in a full time role, nothing more.

You know about Nicks, I forget he is only 24 years old. The way he gets hurt constantly, one would guess he is 28-30 years old. Close to getting older, and perhaps slower. Injuries wearing on him. And then I check his stats out and see the kid is 24 years old!!!!! 24!!!!!! And yet has he ever played a full season? It seems like year after year something is wrong with him.

I love his talent, but if you had a break the bank for him, would you? I always would say yes, but now, not so much. I want him re-signed, but I'd put a price on him, and if he wants more then let him leave. The fact he gets hurt what seems year after year bothers me.

Nicks is a beast. And these injuries will actually bring the price down, it's a blessing in disguise.

Nicks has a lot of Fitzgerald in him the way he attacks the ball in the air.

Nicks is a beast. And these injuries will actually bring the price down, it's a blessing in disguise.

Nicks has a lot of Fitzgerald in him the way he attacks the ball in the air.

You'd hope it does. If not, then what? I am not paying for a guy who gets hurt every single year. Well, I am not actually paying anyways, but you get the idea. I don't want us investing in Nicks for a large sum, if the guy gets hurt year after year.

Nicks talent is never the issue. It's if the guy will bless us and play that day or will he be out.

If he plays 14 games a year he's worth every penny. It's usually nothing major with him up to this point just weird stuff.

Well it's leg stuff. That's what bothers me. Knee, hamstring, screw in the toe type stuff. And the dude is only 24! Look how it has effected Bradshaw. Like I said, I'd re-sign him, but I am not breaking the bank for him by any means.

If the season so far is any indication it may in fact be time to cut ties with Webster. Obviously there's still plenty of time to turn it around but at 30 it's starting to look like his best days might be behind him. The only problem is as evidenced early on this year, CB isn't exactly your deepest position. Prince looks like he'll be solid but injuries are a big concern there. I think you guys might end up targeting a big FA this summer and try to go for the one year turnover like we've seen recently with the Eagles(DRC/Nnamdi) and then this year with the Cowboys(Carr/Claiborne). The highlights of this year's FA class look like Talib, DRC, Shields, Grimes, McCourty, etc... I think Shields, DRC and McCourty are re-signed. I don't really see Grimes as a #1 and Talib has been just as bad and probably worse than Webster early on this year so other than a few years it's not like that would be a huge upgrade. I'm not ready to write off Webster at all just yet but if he continues like this it will be interesting to see what route you guys go.